ITT: we compare highway interchanges. Name a better interchange

>>742772110
>makes thread about highway interchange
>posts pic of surface street meeting highway, not two highways interchanging
>is massive faggot autist for caring about highway interchanges

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>>742772110
>try harder

Spaghetti junction, Atlanta, Georgia. Interchanges 300,000+ cars daily.

>>742772742
It's still called an interchange though

As a civil engineer student, this thread is porn

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>>742773085

>>742773085
Those over passes look p nice

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>>742773382
>>742773085

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>>742773085
Nice
In Ontario this is the most complex interchange we have. Note the east West highway (407) is made of cement

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>>742773538

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Rural parts of my province has really basic shit interchanges like these

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Not an interchange, I know. But a beautiful highway near my city.

>>742773375
I was gonna ask, why am I so hard looking at these? Guess that explains it.

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>>742773680
kek look at this shit then. Near me.

>>742772110
Dude, diverging diamond is better than the parclo.

>>742773375
Civil engineers design playground bathrooms so kids can shit.

>>742774448
You still have weaving though; entering the highway ahead of the exit ramp is dangerous

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>>742774360
Not even a highway interchange autist but fucking hell that's pathetic

>>742773538
That's fairly close to me.

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>>742773853

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Los Angeles

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Aside from larger cities I know of, NYC, DC, LA, London, Berlin, Moscow, Atlanta has a pretty complex interstate system. Traffic here is a freaking nightmare.

>>742774635
I think we have a winner.

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Courts ruled the province had to build an interchange for this Indian territory in order for them to be allowed to build the highway through so they built this piece of shit

>>742774657
Don't you have mostly toll highways in Atlanta too?

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>>742774521
You call this weaving? DDI's move larger volumes of traffic, they're cheaper to build and require much smaller areas of land compared to the Parclo. I admit they're both good interchanges, but I would only have parclos in cities with cheap and plentiful land, perhaps as connectors of small subdivisions. But if you're moving large amounts of traffic then I would like a DDI in place.

>>742774991
Dirty diamond has stoplights on the freeway? That's preposterous

>>742774947
Funny. Here in Sweden we have some stupid politics where we spend shitloads of money to serve very small rural communities. So we have fairly random intersections in the middle of nowhere like this:

https://www.google.no/maps/@64.7890559,21.020342,588m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=no

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I think I caught autism from this thread.

>>742775086
Stoplight on the freeway? What? There's a traffic light on both sides of the freeway to avoid any crashes. Parclos have traffic lights too, and since you care so much about weaving, isn't the 90 degree left turn on parclos (after exiting the freeway) considered weaving

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>>742772110

>ameriguns try traffic management.

Don't make me laugh.

m25 junction 15 is a true masterpiece of brilliant British traffic management.

6 lanes a piece connecting 2 of the countries busiest road. Speed never drops below 50mph.

>op actually suggested that one of the best junctions has fucking lights on it.

Top pleb

>>742774979
Not mostly, but yeah. They call them HOT lanes. We've had one on the north side of 85 for a few years and they're building a separate run on the north end of 75 similar to what northern VA has going up to DC. It's like a fast lane you have to pay to use by the mile.

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it's legitimately called 'the can of worms'

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>>742775271
Ramp corners are too sharp, disgustingly compact, that massive amount of traffic merging with the respective M4 and M25 from just a couple of lanes. What a piece of crap.

Pic related is how you move traffic.

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>>742775091
We have this which serves a 2 guys farms because when they built the highway they upgraded a 2lane road and without an interchange his property would be landlocked so he now has a right in right out style interchange

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>>742775205
By weaving i mean like this example

I was merging on while a semi was trying to merge off. I was already going 30mph or so mergeing on and so was he, the only solution was to either overtake him (dangerous) or step on the brakes

>>742775469

>ramp corners are literally too sharp

I know american cars are pretty fucking bad, but if you can't go round a 1km bend at 50mph, you need actual assistance.

Also, pic is the m4/m5 junction. Zero stopping. 50mph all the way through.

Learn you something, americants.

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The lovely spiral of the JTB interchange in Jacksonville. Fuck cloverleaves.

>>742775469
Flyover/overpasses require huge infrastructure investment and maintenance though. All at grade or mostly at grade interchanges are better. Ofc somewhere with the population like California could justify those expenditures, but here in Ontario there's no way they'd invest that for an interchange to serve a few hundred thou

>>742775657
This one wins my heart, cloverleafs cause this >>742775599

>>742775469
That's in Dallas isn't it? I drove through there when they were building it a number of years back

>>742775271
unless theres an accident
i fucking hate the m25

the other day i was coming home from holiday and i was on it for probably less that 5 junctions and i saw about 7 totalled cars (3 crashes)
>shit tier road IMO

>>742775657
thats beautiful

>>742775801
Next week i have to drive from Heathrow to Somerset. I'm from Canada and have never drove on the left before. Am I fucked?

>>742775599
oh, I'm sorry. I don't know the american lingo with this stuff. I'm from Norway. But yes I totally agree, weaving is something that needs to be avoided in interchanges. But to be fair, the diverging diamond has yield signs for cars merging with the green light traffic. So it's just as safe as merging onto a freeway, just with lower speeds.

>>742775617

I live in Somerset. What is a canuck doing this deep in the woods?

>inb4 bath

And yea the drive is a breeze, if you take the m4

If you gotta take the m3, then a303, its a bit of a cunt because of average speed checks near m25

>>742775775
There are several of them, scattered throughout all of Texas. They are very grand, in my opinion.

>>742775856
RIP you
as soon as you get onto the m25 just act like a cunt- push infront of other people and cut people up. its the only way to survive that shitshow is to be a bigger cunt than the other person and get off it as quickly as possible. if you leave a safety buffer space between you and the car infront some cunt will jump into it.

>>742776012
My sister ia getting married there. Her fiance is a britcuck

>>742775617
If you can't ride at a comfortable speed of 70-75 mph on the ramp, the engineers of the interchange have failed.

Kickass highway interchanges guys, keep up the good shit.
Il share one of my favorites, look at this bad boy

>>742775657
>>742775841

literally stolen from the m25 m3 junction in the UK.

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>>742776106
Got so excited about interways that i forgot to post it

>>742776105

>coming from a country that puts fucking traffic lights on highway intersections

full retard.

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>>742776106
You forgot the pic. Here's a pic of the only interchange in Bergen, Norway. Sorry for stock image.

>>742776242
I like the roundy boundies

>>742776238
What are you talking about? Also, in the UK you have to go through a massive roundabout to enter a freeway, or after exiting one. A roundabout with like 5-6 different points with traffic lights. Very ugly, expensive and inefficient. So speak for yourselves.

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>>742772110

>>742776475
Obviously shopped. You can even see some of the ramps just stopping.

This thread is giving me factorio withdrawal

>>742776099

Evidently she wants an Alpha. Understanding that she had to shop across the Atlantic.

Have a great wedding

This is a good thread

>>742776168
good thread

>>742776475
If there's a car accident on a ramp I wonder if it's confusing for EMS to get vehicles to it

>>742776611
>wants an alpha
>travels to Britcuckistan to marry a muslim sharia chad

checks out

>>742776817
It's photoshopped. No interchange like that exists anywhere.

>>742777149
That shit looks retarded bro

>>742777149
I just hate the UK more and more every day.

>>742777232
Pretty much.

Magic Roundabout in Swindon.

>>742777149
Roundy boundies are never acceptable on freeways

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>>742772110

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near me
total aids

>>742773803
This is in norway.

>>742777149
>there's a mini roundabout to change lanes in the bigger roundabout

We have to go deeper

>>742777496
>>742777420
>>742777149
This thread went from traffic porn to gore real quick

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>>742777496
LOL XD

>>742777404
It is. Near Hvamkrysset right north of Oslo.

>>742777756
Who thinks this is a good idea?

>>742777328
Norwegian roundabout I see. I hate roundabouts with a passion. Personally I like traffic lights better.

>>742777756

People have to stop on that. It's worthless.

>>742772110
ECLIPSE CHALLENGE
GET IN HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pWw1NyFJDQ&lc=z23eubhxjna4ctylracdp430qrn5rixrdzv2ck53ilxw03c010c.1503328637571626

>>742777891
Being the autist that I am, I can see on the highway stripes and arrows that it is in Poland somewhere.

>>742776875
no one mentioned he was muslim. also, niggerstan american calling very white pot black...

>>742777149
wow. that is sheer genius.

love it.

>>742777615
It's both ugly and beautiful.

>>742778332
Anyone who ever said Brexit wasn't a good idea should be shown this picture.
That's literally the most British degeneracy I have ever seen.

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Duisburg, Germany

>>742778332
>>742778521
Ikr, what car is so small you can fit it to actually drive around that?

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>>742778332
Oh my god

>>742777149
I thought the thumbnail was a picture of one of those toy car mats.

>>742778678
>cars need to be in the lines
This is likely some shit little town where you are lucky if it gets a car every 5 minutes.

Why it was even done is beyond me.
Again, shit little towns make shit little decisions.
Taking that silly roundabout out will make the road behave BETTER and be more fuel efficient.

>>742778559
Is that a ramp to make a U turn on the autobahn?

>>742779085
No, you can easily see that it's two different autobahns merging.

>>742778332
Use fucking stop signs

>>742775599
Yes. Combined on ramps and off ramps are no good. Stupidly they recently constructed just that recently by the busiest airport in Norway.

>>742777615
Pedestrian walkway too nice

>>742779085, see:
>>742779304

At this place, they are kinda parallel. On the top of the pic you can guess the bridge where they are crossing.

Look at google maps: 51.443475, 6.801656

>>742775271
But that looks like a pagan symbol.
>interchange satanism detected
NOPE

>>742772110
this is gold. never change /b/, never change.

>>742776242
>>742776310
Don't be fooled by this example from Norway, this is the sole interchange that doesn't have a roundabout connected to it. The rest of the road infrastructure consists of 6 billion roundabouts, and counting!

>>742777149
Please tell me what country this is so if I ever go there I can be sure rent a bulldozer to drive around in.

>>742777615
I absolutely hate the awkward placement. Could it have been symmetrical at least? I mean if you're going to go through the trouble of being an artsy fartsy mendala fag with it, at least don't make it cringy as fuck.

>>742779671
Theyre all over the US, thats why the ministry of transportation on Ontario invented the parclo interchange in the OP, to avoid that shit with full cloverleafs

>>742778332
put a yeild sign on the lesser used road and be done with it.

>>742772110
What the hell? An original thread thats not porn, cuck or trump related?!
What happened to my /b/?

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>>742775657
who did it better?

>>742781500
Jacksonville because fuck the m25

Thanks guys this thread made my day

>>742782200
Double doubles never lie.

>>742777149
NONONONONONONONONNONOONON
NO

>>742779490
4 way give way far superior to 4 way Stop on sidestreets

>>742777939
They are OK as long as there are no two lanes. (Two lanes is OK if they are separated, ie. one is simply a shortcut.)
But roundabouts with 2-3 lanes are literally the excrements of the devil.

>>742774360
how? what the fuck

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>>742772110
What a shit interchange, b8/8

two Ts.

coming from below, tryna go left or right? Stop on the red light like a faggot.

>>742775775
>>742776034
This is the High-5, southbound on US-75 towards Dallas in Plano/Richardson. If I remember right, it's the tallest road structure in North America. 3 exits for side streets, an HOV on/offramp onto I-635. Fuckin monster. People come to this location to kill themselves.

>>742782586
You only need the stop sign on the lesser used streets, and keep the busy street a thoroughfare

>>742782709
There are usually advanced greens for left hand turns and in Ontario you can turn right on red lights.

>>742781651
I'll add the that this junction is near Thorpe Park, the best theme park in the UK

>>742782664
You just turn off the arterial road 90degrees to get on the highway. No right-in lane to merg. Theyre okay for low density areas

>>742782664
what?

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Can we talk about bad designs?
76QXWQHR+7Q
Plug that into Google maps, it'll show you this monstrosity
Say you're coming from 826 East and want to go I95 North
You get off on the South ramp, then go North on a low road, merge onto a weird as split, then another, then you're on I95 North

>>742783077
What is happening here?

>>742783077
Northeast DOTs are batshit insane with their highway designs.

>>742782862
>advanyed lights, can turn right on reds

still a T, still need to stop, still shit.

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not a highway but by far the most flimsy looking pedestrian bridge ever

paper on toothpicks

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>>742783291
>>742783305
Northeast?
Nah, this is Miami, Florida
Golden Glades Interchange

We have others that are bad. This one just takes the cake
Another example
Say you want to merge from 836 West to US 41 (SW 8th St)
Not shown on the map, but, under the highway is a U Turn
I shit you not, a fucking U Turn
You pay an additional toll, make this hanky ass turn, the merge on 836 East to merge onto 826 South the merge onto US 41
Why not just merge onto 826 south? They blocked it with road dividers to force you to pay an additional toll

>>742783936
>not having automated toll collection
We have 2 toll highways in Ontario and they just take a picture of your license to bill you in the mail or you have a device in your car which sends a signal when you enter and exit the highway

>>742772988
This intersection gave me autism

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>>742784113
We have a thing called Sunpass
You prepay tolls, and it takes it from a RFID sticker in your car? Don't have one? Toll by plate. But then a 35¢ toll is now 85¢, AND they tack on a $2 administrative fee
Here is screenshot with the u turn showing

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nothing like a double mini roundabout

>>742775617
50mph isn't very fast btw

>>742777358
First few times I used that I was confused as fuck but it's actually pretty legit after like, the tenth time.

>>742784260
Kek traffic is orange on the U

>>742784400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9_tVvFLN0

some hot double mini action

Great thread!

More like this /b/

The porn and regurgitated crap is getting old...

>>742785464
I agree with this
The same "post girls" threads are getting old
Threads like this are what keeps /b/ alive

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>>742772110
I would say this one is the best off/on I have ever seen. Its like you are in Britain for a few seconds

>>742785700
>weaving traffic through a dirty diamond on an arterial road plus traffic lights
Repulsive tbh

>>742780755
City council gets more money this way though.

>>742773375
>hurr durr i'm from reddit

>>742774947
Fellow Ontarian here. Just drove this piece of shit last weekend.

>>742775086
Go to Netherlands and enjoy the traffic lights on "highway" roads limited to 90 km/h
AND these traffic lights can do a full light cycle (red/yellow/green/yellow) in less than 30 seconds.

>>742787511
The 400, or iroquois cranberry drive? The 400 has tons of shit interchanges, some even highway 11 tier like around Moonstone but the 400 north of the 11 split is a nice drive to Parry Sound. I've been to that mohawk territory to buy cheap cigars before tho, it was super sketch because of all the signs "warning mohawk territory" shit like that

>>742774991
They might be cheap but in the long run are a traffic disaster. To improve flow you want the least amount of traffic lights on your way.

>>742773680
That's a special kind of cheap to build a parclo but be unwilling to buy the two parcels that allow an unsignalled right turn exit off the highway.

>>742775599
I'm from Fresno one ramp did this before but they built a system so one went over the other and had a merge option much smoother now

>>742774635
Except they built it in the middle of South Central. That's like Alexandra Daddario dating an obese man with Down's Syndrome.

>>742777149
retarded and very autistic. just make the centre broader to the roundabout narrows to two lanes and one spinning direction. This shit is lsd.

>>742787755
The 400 to Parry Sound. I usually go back roads though because the Barrie and Vaughan areas of the 400 are atrocious at best. I usually cut over on Horseshoe Valley (26) and hop on south Moonstone. The cranberry growers went out of business it looks like

Was gonna post mine but screenshots are too big and I don't feel like downsizing. Anyways I'm from Fresno, CA. Junctions here are pretty smooth

>>742787640
STOP HAVING KIDS YOU MONGOLOIDS

>>742777615
enjoy your pollution while you take a walk to be healthy.

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confirmed best

>>742788196
True my fam has a cottage in Carling near killbear park so I do that drive often. Sometimes I'll cut through Barrie and get on the 400 at Penatenguishene road but often I just deal with the traffic until the highway 11 split.

We're supposed to get 8 lanes to king city by next summer then 8lanes to highway 11 by 2020

>>742775271
>Dat curve radii
I think britbong traffic engineers mixed up their metric and imperial measurements when they built that one. Enjoy your tipped-over lorries.

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Literally every interchange in rural pennsylvania

>>742788419
This is exactly what leads to this
>>742775599

>>742788362
I did not know that. I used to love that drive from the 26 or the 12 down the 400 to Parry Sound when I was younger. It's lost a lot of its beauty with the removal of a lot of those rock walls.

>>742788356
Disgusting

>>742788514
>the 26 or the 12 down the 400
You from Durham or Kawarthas? I live west of Toronto so I've never had to do that drive around lake Simco but it would be nice

>>742777358
seems like the kind of thing that would work in a low pop area but would be unbearable in a high pop one

>>742777149
is the hot wheels crash course track set, you know the one, where all the cars meet in an intersection and bash into eachother and then your mom yells at you?

>>742788660
I'm originally from Kitchener but I've since relocated to Toronto about 2 years ago. My father always drove that way so it's something I've come to appreciate and I go out of my way to do it. I usually drive the 427 North to Highway 7/ Highway 50 and take Rutherford down to Kleinburg and go up that way.

>>742777939
Roundabouts are a near flawless system for traffic flow.

Sadly, the only flaw is underestimating how retarded human beings are

>>742788860
I'm from Oakville so I take the 403 up to 410 then 407 to the 400 north. Only if it's crazy traffic will I bother taking highway 27 to Barrie or even Yonge all the way up.
427 has a long term plan of connecting to the 400 north of the highway 11 split. I think we'll see i lanes through Barrie before that happens though

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I-95/495 'Mixing Bowl" interchange is one of the busiest in the country. Such is life in NOVA.

These are all going into my fap folder.

>>742788861
exactly, the higher population you have in a city, the more likely you're going to have retards who require traffic lights

>>742789073
Yeah it seems that way. Barrie at the 400 has some heavy construction right now - I ended up doing it two weekends ago just trying to beat the Jays game traffic. That didn't work out all that well haha

>>742787963
There are traffic lights on parclos too, so what's your suggestion?

>>742789574
Only on the exit. With the dirty diamond to enter the highway from 2 of 4 entry ramps you need to make an unlighted left turn on an arterial road which is dangerous

>>742789480
All that construction north of King city is replacing bridges for future highway expansion and replacing the steel guard rail between the N and S bound lanes with a concrete wall. We really need 4 lanes north bound and South bound until the 11 split though, commuter and cottage traffic is killing the 400 through vaughan

>>742790009
Oh I was not aware of that. Yeah cottage country traffic is a nightmare, hence why I take the route that I do. I enjoy the scenery and it only adds about an extra 45 minutes to my overall commute, assuming there are no accidents on the 400 north haha

>>742777358
had my first prang on that bout!

>>742788511
True, but they are a joy to slide around late at night with no traffic

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>>742772110
This cluster fuck in baltimore,maryland

>>742780484
It's the magic roundabout in Swindon, UK